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The Paris accord commits nations to reduce carbon emissions. Steve Inskeep talks to Scott Segal, a lobbyist who represents a range of energy companies, who wants the U.S. to stay in the deal.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH IRA LIPMAN. IN 1957, AS A HIGH-SCHOOL SENIOR, MR. LIPMAN WAS THE PRIME SOURCE FOR JOHN CHANCELLOR, WHEN HE WAS REPORTING ON THE FEDERALLY-ORDERED INTEGRATION OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. THEY MET AGAIN THIS WEEK WHEN MR. LIPMAN UNDERWROTE AN AWARD IN JOHN CHANCELLOR'S NAME FOR THE U-PENN'S ANNENBERG PUBLIC POLICY CENTER.

Vicky Que visits a New Mexico courtroom, where a real judge presides, as teenagers charged with alcohol-related traffic offenses are tried by their peers. After Judge Tommy Jewel hears the case at the Albuquerque Juvenile Justice Center, the program coordinator, another adult, helps the teenage jury discuss the testimony and decide the punishment.

Figures from the Centers for Disease Control show AIDS is now the leading cause of death for African-Americans aged 25 to 44 years old. Jacki talks with Rev. Eugene Rivers, pastor of the Azusa Christian Community in Dorchester, Massachusetts about his crusade to fight the spread of AIDS and HIV among Africans and African Americans. Rivers has issued an open letter to churches and other organizations to urge them to step up activism in Africa and the across the U.S.

Last week, the National Institutes of Health issued long-awaited guidelines that will allow scientists receiving federal funds to study stem cells taken from frozen embryos. The embryos used will only be those that are formed as a result of in-vitro fertilization, and are then abandoned at private clinics. Their use has been a deeply-contested issue. Host Jacki Lyden discusses the ethical concerns over this type of research with Dr. Arthur Caplan, Director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennyslvannia.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Jerusalem that two months after the Camp David summit broke down without an agreement, Israel Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat have met again to talk about peace. The meeting comes as the public debate is both camps has centered on formulas about how authority in East Beirut could be divided, something that was a taboo subject only weeks ago.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports that the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a case about who owns the right to commercial use of a theatrical character -- the actor who played the part, or the studio for which it was created. The case centers on a lawsuit filed against Paramount studios by the actors who played barflies Cliff and Norm on the Cheers TV series. It returns now to the California courts.

The main sorting center for United Parcel Service in Louisville, Kentucky, won't be hiring seasonal workers this year. Host, Bob Edwards, explains a machine is expected to handle increased demand without more workers. Before Christmas, the company makes an addition four to five million deliveries.

casino/hotel/entertainment center, the so-called "Stratosphere," which lays claim to being the highest building west of the Mississippi with the worlds highest roller coaster.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that GOP presidential candidate and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole met today on Capitol Hill with billionaire Steve Forbes to talk about taxes. Dole says he plans to make a proposal soon on reforming the current tax system, but he said he has yet to work out the details. Forbes' campaign against Dole in the GOP presidential primaries centered on replacing the current tax system with a seventeen percent flat tax.